May 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

US Secretary Of State Pays Historic Landmark Visit to Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Ugaas Khaliif Airport Resumes Operation (Goobjoog News)
Minister Of Internal Security Inspects Police Stations In The Capital (Radio Muqdisho)
After Brief Visit Kerry Leaves Somalia For Djibouti (Radio Danan)
War-Torn Somalia ‘Turning Around’ Kerry Says In Landmark Visit (AFP/Yahoo News)
Suspected Al-Shabaab Youths Arrested After Return From Somalia (Standard Media)
Kenya Snubs Somalia Rwanda Tie (Super Sport)
Brig. Ondoga Acquitted Of Eight Charges (New Vision)
Kenyans Hoping US Has Answers To Security Problems (VoA)
The U.S. And Somalia: From ‘Black Hawk Down’ To John Kerry’s Visit (CNN)
Secretary Kerry Delivers A Video Message To People Of Somalia (US State Department)

May 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

One Killed And Two Others Injured in Somalia Grenade Attack (Somali Current)
Second Puntland Official Resigns In Two Days (Garowe Online)
Somalia Media Raise Concern Over Government’s New Directive (Somali Current)
Both Somalia’s Government And Al-Shabaab Ban Each Other’s Name From Media (Somali Update)
Former Senior Official Of Ahlu-Sunna Waljamaa Gunned Down In Mogadishu (Goobjog News)
Kerry Visits Somalia; 1st Such Trip For A Secretary Of State (Associated Press)
Kerry Says Kenya Has Role In Resolving Somalia South Sudan Conflicts (Reuters)
RA Projects Designs Boarding School For Somalia (BD Online)
KDF Cannot Exit Somalia Just Yet – Kerry (Capital FM)
Somalia Islamists Storm Puntland Police Station Kill Three – Police (Reuters)
Cord Lobbies For Somalia Pull Out (Daily Nation)
Journalism In Somalia : Choosing Between Two Evils (Wardheer News)
Somalia’s First Female Prosecutors Change The Face Of Justice (UNSOM)

May 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Ahmed Madobe Arrives In Mogadishu In An Impromptu Visit (Wacaal Media)
Somaliland Says Creation of Somali National Army A Threat To Its Stability (Somali Current)
Humanitarian News From The Somali Region (Radio Ergo)
Somaliland Revolts Over Somalia’s Proposal Of Training Puntland Soldiers (Radio Danan)
Rwanda U-23 Somalia Tie For Kasarani (Wardheer News)
Kenya Charges Four People Over Recruitment For Al Shabaab (Reuters)
US Gives $45 Million To Help Kenya With Refugee Crisis (Associated Press)
UNHCR Head Due In Kenya To Plan Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Xinhua News)
Somalia’s Government Ban Al-Shabaab Name From Media (BBC)
Gunman Outside Muhammad Cartoon Event Identified As Suspected Militant Sympathizer (Washington Post)
Somali Man Dies After Shop Torched (IOL News)
Suspect Oil Deals Are Sure To Add Fuel To The Fire That Is Ravaging Somalia (Daily Nation)

May 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Major Security Crackdown Apprehends Hundreds In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Shabelle River Continues To Rise With Fears Of More Floods (Goobjoog News)
Enhancing The Somali Language In Media (Radio Ergo)
One Killed As Lorry Carrying Somalis Returning From Yemen Capsizes (Radio Danaan)
Somaliland’s House of Elders To Discuss Presidential Term Extension (Garowe Online)
Somalia To Establish Journalism Academy (Somali Current)
Somali Official Four Others Injured In Landmine Blast (Shanghai Daily)
Kerry Honors Victims In Kenya As Talks Focus On Al-Shabaab (Associated Press)
‘It’s Time For Brothers In The U.S. To Do Their Part’: American Jihadi Allegedly Called For Attack On Texas Muhammad Drawing Contest
Minneapolis Somali Community To Open Expansive New Community Center (Star Tribune)
Kenya Links 4 Terror Suspects To Youth Recruitment (China.org.cn)
Nkaissery Denies Kenya Is building Sh20bn Border Wall (Business Daily Africa)
The Garowe Agreement And The Smallness Of Our Leaders: The Politics Of Subtraction (RBC Radio)
Somalia’s Vision 2016: Reality Check And The Road Ahead (The Heritage Institute)

May 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Shabelle River Breaks Banks Swamps Villages In Southern Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Politicians In Central Somalia Slam Garowe Conference Outcome (Garowe Online)
World Press Freedom Day Marked In Mogadishu (Radio Muqdisho)
Somali Doctors Arrive In Flood-Hit Areas In Southern Somalia (Radio Danan)
Ahmed Madoobe: “Third Phase Of Consultative Conference On Vision 2016 Will Take Place In Kismayo”(Goobjoog News)
From Somalia With Fear (Malta Today)
Kerry In Kenya To Discuss Terrorism Refugees Obama Visit (Bloomberg Business)
Kenya Withdrawal From Somalia Won’t End Terror – UK High Commissioner (The Star)
Parents Of Terror Suspect Call For His Arrest (Daily Nation)
Ethnic Profiling Of Somalis Endangers This Community (Hiiraan Online)
Mohamed Ali Nur: Al Shabaab Are Not Somalis They Are Criminals (Standard Media)

May 1, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

General Abdi Qaybdiid Decries Federal Government’s Interference With Adaado Conference (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Marks International Labour Day (Somali Current)
Somali Prime Minister Welcomes “Gurmad and Gargaar” Campaign Spearheaded by Goobjoog News(Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Puntland At Loggerheads Over Mudug (Garowe Online)
Kenya’s Crackdown On Somali Migrants Spells Trouble For The Economy (Quartz)
After Somalia’s Famine Hunger Persists (AFP/Yahoo News)
Hungary Extends Its Participation In EUTM Somalia (Xinhua News)
Explosions Reported In Lower Shabelle Amid Recent Al-Shabaab Attacks In Mogadishu (International Business Times)
Mass Grave Found In Wajir Town 11 Bodies Thought To Be Of Terror Suspects Found In Lanbiib (The Star Newspaper)
Somali Journalist And Wife Shot Dead (eNCA)
Khalwale In Trouble Over Somali Claims (Daily Nation)
Fight Against Al-Shabaab A Focus Of Kerry Trip (VOA English Service)
Chaos In Tower Danger In Skies At Base In Africa (Washington Post)
Facebook Sells ‘Paradise On Earth’ To Young Somalis (Al Jazeera)

May 1, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somalia Appoints New Police Chief (Horseed Media)
Campaign To Encourage Women Writers In Puntland (Radio Ergo)
Campaign Against Khat Gains Momentum In Somalia (Somali Current)
Main Agendas Of Key Conference In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Families Returned To Bay Appeal For Tools To Clear Overgrown Farmland (Radio Ergo)
Uganda Says Checking Whether Islamist Rebel Leader Arrested In Tanzania (Reuters)
Kenya Softens Its Position On Proposed Closure Of Dadaab Refugee Camp (The Guardian)
Citizens Unite Against Hate Crime (Edgware Today)
How To Change The World: Malmö To Mogadishu (The Local – Sweden)

April 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Phase Two Talks Between Federal Government And Regional States Starts In Garowe Puntland(Goobjoog News)
Technical Committee Dissolved Over Alleged Meddling By Federal Government (Garowe Online)
A Somali Journalist And His Wife Killed In Baidoa Town (Radio Muqdisho)
One Killed Five Injured In Bosaso (Goobjoog News)
Human Rights Defender Begins Hunger Strike Protesting Imprisonment (Somali Update)
KDF Arrests Two Suicide Bombers Going To Nairobi (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Tanzania Blame Youth Radicalization On Rise Of Terrorist Activities (Shanghai Times)
Eastern Africa: Regional Humanitarian Snapshot As of 28 April 2015 (Reliefweb)
Kenya Backpedals On Closure Of Somali Refugee Camp (IRIN)
Breaking Up The Logjam: Realistic Options On Overcoming The Jubbaland Political Conundrum(Wardheer News)

April 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Deputy Premier Returns Home (Radio Mogadishu)
Large-scale Security Sweep Detains Dozens Outside Capital (Hiiraan online)
Ex-Somalia PMs Want Mogadishu Federated (Garowe Online)
Rights Group Demands Somaliland Authorities Free Detained Human Rights Activist (Mareeg Media)
South-West President Reaches Garowe (RBC Radio)
Shock As Former US Senator Brands Somalis in US ‘Terrorist’ (Somali Current)
Uganda Opposition Worried By Museveni Military Service Proposal (RFI English)
Somali Hotel Chain Owner Strives To Make A Difference (VOA English)
Guidelines For A Somali Maritime Administration Being Drawn Up (Allafrica.com)
Vision 2016: Beyond Ownership And How to Make it Happen! (Hiiraan Online)

April 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Gunmen Raid Mandera County Chief’s Offices (Radio Danan)
Somalia Ready To Evacuate Thousands From Yemen-President (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Delays Election Extend President’s Term (Hiraan Online)
FIFA Training Course For Somali Football Referees Gets Under Way In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
SOSCENSA Expresses Its Concern Over Situation Of Somali refugees In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Registers Record Exports Of 5 Million Livestock In 2014 (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Monitor Madrassas Says National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi (Standard Media)
Somali Refugees Fear Being Thrown Out Of Kenya (Time Magazine)
Somali Police Recruit Leaves Class Over Headscarf Rule (The Columbus Dispatch)
Somali Group To Purchase Building To Create Community Center In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
Somalia Looks Forward To 2016 And Beyond (Wardheer News)